swanctl --load-creds

Synopsis

swanctl --load-creds [--clear] [--noprompt] [--file]

swanctl --load-creds --help

Description

This swanctl subcommand loads or reloads credentials, i.e. private keys, public keys, X.509 certificates or alternatively several kinds of preshared secrets.

Options

--clear    (-c)  clear previously loaded credentials
--noprompt (-n)  do not prompt for passwords
--file     (-f)  custom path to swanctl.conf

--raw      (-r)  dump raw response message
--pretty   (-P)  dump raw response message in pretty print
--debug    (-v)  set debug level, default: 1
--options  (-+)  read command line options from file
--uri      (-u)  service URI to connect to
--help     (-h)  show usage information

Examples

  • Load or reload all credentials, e.g. an RSA private key and X.509 certificates

$ swanctl --load-creds

loaded certificate from '/etc/swanctl/x509/carolCert.pem'
loaded certificate from '/etc/swanctl/x509ca/strongswanCert.pem'
loaded RSA key from '/etc/swanctl/rsa/carolKey.pem'